Cloth winding rack



Aug. 7, 1934.

C. D. GAUDREAU CLOTH WINDING RACK Filed July 10, 1935 ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 7, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTH WINDING RACK ofMassachusetts Application July 10, 1933, Serial No. 679,701

4 Claims.

This invention relates to cloth-winding racks.

An object of my invention is to provide a clothwinding rack structure,which is extremely rigid in its construction. It is used for the usualand 5 well known method of winding cloth that is provided with a nap, orpile.

The purpose of this rack is to prevent the crushing of the nap, or pile,of the fabric from the time the cloth is finished at the factory, or

mill, until it is sold to the customer. When the roll of cloth iscomplete, the different turns, or layers, will not come into contact, orengage each other and, therefore, will not crush, or destroy, the pile,or nap, of the fabric. All pressure between the layers is, therefore,removed, since the weight of the cloth is supported at its edge only bymeans of the hooks on the rack, or frame, thus spacing the layers, orturns, from each other, so that the nap, or pile, will not be crushed.This is necessary in such fabrics as chiffon, silks, velvets, imitationfurs, rayon, and all fabrics that are formed, or provided, with a raisedpile, or nap, surface that would be injured by having the layers, orturns, of the cloth come into contact with each other, whereby the nap,or pile, will be crushed.

The invention comprises two triangular-shaped frame members, each ofwhich is provided with a plurality of cloth-attaching hooks that arespaced from each other. These hooks are located on diagonally arrangedarms of the triangularshaped frame members and point outward from thecenter portion. These two said frames are connected together by asuitable bar, usually of wood, thus completing the structure for windingcloth thereon.

The principal object of my present invention is to materially strengthenthese triangular-shaped frames, so that when the cloth is attached byits selvaged edge, at, or near, the outer ends of the arms, the frameswill not buckle, or bend inward, which is now a common defect. In theevent that the frames do bend, or buckle inward, the different layers,or turns of cloth, often become detached from the hooks, thus ruiningthe sale of the cloth, by reason of the nap, or pile, becoming crushed,or spoiled.

My improvement particularly relates to the means for connecting togetherthe adjacent, inner ends of the diagonally arranged bars of thetriangular-shaped frames. This connecting means comprises a platemember, the center portion of which is materially wider than the widthof the diagonally arranged bars to which it is attached, therebyproviding additional strength to which the connecting bar, or shaft, isattached for connecting the two end frames together.

This Wide plate member is formed with openings for firmly attaching thelongitudinal bar that connects the frame together, sov as to prevent anyinward movement of the end frames. 7

Referring to the drawing:-

Fig. 1 is an elevational View, partly in section, illustrating the twoend frames that are connected together with the longitudinal bar,'showing the different layers of cloth attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1, looking from the left, on the line 22,showing the two triangularshaped frames.

Fig. 3 is a transverse, sectional view, on the line 33 of Fig. 1,illustrating the longitudinal connecting bar, in section, and thesuccessive turns of the cloth on the hooks of the end frames, or racks.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the end frames, disconnected fromits connecting bar. 7

Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the cloth-attaching plates, formedwith the hooks, on which the selvage edge of the cloth is connected, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the connecting plate members, forsecuring together the adjacent, inner ends of two of the diagonal barsof the end frames and to which the longitudinal connecting bar isconnected.

Referring to the drawing in detail:-

1 designates, as a whole, the two end frames, or rack members, each ofwhich is formed with the two triangular-shaped strips, comprising theportions 2, 3, and 4, and 5, 6 and '7.

The portions 2 and 5 are arranged parallel to each other and the members3 and 4 are arranged at an angle to the portion 2 that extendsdiagonally inward toward the center. The oppositely located members, 6and 7, are also arranged at an angle to the portion 5 and extenddiagonally in ward, as shown. The adjacent, inner ends of the members 3and 6, and 4 and '7, are connected together, by means of the rigid platemember, indicated as a whole at 8, in Figs. 4 and 6, which comprises thewide, center portion 9, with the two integral bent arms, or extensions,10 and 11, which are formed with the openings 12 and 13, for receivingthe rivets 14, that are passed through openings in the arms 3 and 6, and4 and '7, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4. Particular attention isdirected to the fact that the center portion 9 and extensions 10' and11' are materially wider than the two bent, integral arms 10 and 11,which are of the same width as the members 3, 6, 4 and 7 Great rigidityand strength is provided at the bends 9', since the extension portions10 and 11' are of the same width, as the center portion 9. The armmembers 3, 6, 4, and '7 extend, as shown, to the bends 9, whereby, thefull strength of the width 9 of the plate is obtained, because this fullwidth is provided at 10 and 11' of the plate 8. This is a very importantfeature and produces a strong end frame and one that will not bend atany time, when in use. The width of the arms, as shown at 10 and 11, isthe same as the portions 3, 6, 4, and 7. which connects the two endframes 1-1 together, as shown in Fig. 1. cured to the broad surfaces ofthe connecting plates 8, by passing the bolts 16 through the squareopenings 1'7. By means of this construction, the end frames 1 areprevented from buckling, or bending inward, when the different turns ofcloth, indicated in Fig. 3, at 18, are'connected to the hooks 19, of theplates 20, beginning with the innermost hook, as shown in Fig. 3.

These plates are riveted to the arms 3, 4, 6, and '7. By reason of theportions 2, 3, and 4 of one triangular-shaped frame and portions 5, 6,and '7, being a continuous piece and integral with the members 2 and 5,there is no possibility of these arms bending, when in use. The added,or wide surface portion 9, of the rigid connecting plate 8, provides alarge, broad bearing surface for the ends of the longitudinal, wooden,connecting bar 15, which prevents the end frames 1 from tipping inward,when in use.

The rack is used as follows:Usually, two operatives, one standing ateach end of the completed structure, attaches the inner end of thecloth, indicated at 21, to the first, or innermost, hook 19. This innerlayer is indicated in Fig. 1, at 22; The operatives then rotate theframe through a quarter turn, bringing the next pair of hooks into use,and connecting the selvage edge of the cloth thereto. This operation isrepeated, until the entire racks, or frames, are filled, as shown inFigs. 1 and 3. Y

From this description, it will be seen-that I have provided a veryrigid, cloth-winding rack that will not bend, or buckle, when in use,thus preventing the cloth from becoming detached, or sagging on therack, and the rounded corners 23 will not scratch, or deface, a polishedcounter on which the frames are used; that the twoconnecting centerplates 8, having the wide, center portion .9, rigidly secure-the arms 3and 4 and 15 designates the bar of wood- This bar is firmly sethan itsopposite ends, said opposite ends being than the end portionswhich arereduced'in width and are equal in width to the limb portions of thetriangular-shaped members, and means for attaching the said plates tothe triangular-shaped members.

' 3. A cloth rack comprising, in combination, a pair of one-piecetriangular-shaped members having normally spaced ends, bent plate meanswith reduced extensions for securing the spaced ends of each membertogether, a bar secured to the plate means of each of said members forsecuring together the pair of triangular-shaped one-piece members, andhook members on the limbs of each of the triangular-shaped members,

as described. l

4. A cloth-winding rack, comprising two end members each of which isformed with two onepiece triangular-shaped members, the inner ends ofeach of the members being separated from each other and connectedtogether with a substantially wide plate at its middle or center portionand having reduced or narrow projections on its opposite ends that arearranged at an angle corresponding with the two limbs of thetriangular-shaped members for connecting the" apex portion of thetriangle together, hook means on the triangular-shaped members forattaching cloth thereto, and a bar for connecting the said platestogether. 7

N 7 CHARLES D. GAUDREAU;

